Finding Earth 2.0
HD 40979 · F8 V

HD 40979 b

Rank #774 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Radial Velocity in 2002

HZ 0%M sin i

0.109

Earth-2.0 index

0.439

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

12.90 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass1484.266 M⊕M sin i
Bulk density3.800 g/cm³
Orbital period264.1500 days
Semi-major axis0.85000 au
Eccentricity0.250
Incident flux2.702 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature325.9 K
Maximum angular separation24.93 masReflected-light contrast 4.00e-8 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources5 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage67%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostHD 40979
Spectral typeF8 V
Effective temperature6165 K
Radius1.210 R☉
Mass1.450 M☉
Distance34.1 pc / 111.2 ly
DiscoveryRadial Velocity, 2002